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Cardon Hill

Located in The Scottish Borders, Scotland Coordinates: 55°34′05″ N 3°29′02″ W

Map showing the location of Cardon Hill Cardon Hill
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
675 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Biggar
6.6 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
EDI Edinburgh Airport43 km
GLA Glasgow Airport69 km

About Cardon Hill

Cardon Hill is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 675 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (43 km). Nearby sights include Birnies Bowrock and Chapelgill Hill.

Climate of Cardon Hill

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 137 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
January (night -3°)
Wettest month
January (144 mm)
Driest month
April (74 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Cardon Hill
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°4°7°11°13°15°15°12°8°5°3°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°-2°-1°2°5°7°7°5°2°-1°-2°
Precipitation (mm)1441041167474798499121140137144

How to get to Cardon Hill

The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 43 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 46 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 43 kmnorth
  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 69 kmnorthwest
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 69 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 46 kmnortheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 59 kmnorthwest
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 105 kmnorth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 136 kmsoutheast
  • Sunderland Population: 170.1K 153 kmsoutheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Cardon Hill

Within 100 km: 449 historic and cultural sites, 2,865 natural sites, 799 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km464 places

  • Talla Reservoir Lake 11 kmSE
  • Loch Skeen Lake 18 kmSE
  • Saint Marys Loch Lake 21 kmSE
  • Loch of the Lowes Lake 21 kmSE

25–60 km1,300 places

  • Burntisland Beach Beach 57 kmN
  • Cramond beach Beach 47 kmN
  • Portobello Beach Beach 49 kmNE
  • Inchkeith Island 56 kmNE

60–100 km2,349 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 93 kmW
  • Powillimount Beach Beach 75 kmS
  • Ayr Beach Beach 74 kmW
  • Troon Beach Beach 74 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Biggar Village, South Lanarkshire
    6.6 km NW
  • Skirling Village, The Scottish Borders
    7.6 km N
  • Culter Village, South Lanarkshire
    4.5 km W
  • Symington Village, South Lanarkshire
    7.8 km NW
  • Stanhope Village, The Scottish Borders
    5.9 km E
  • Calzeat Village, The Scottish Borders
    6.4 km NE

Nearby attractions & nature

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